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authorMichal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>2007-05-08 00:32:35 +0200
committerMichal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>2007-05-08 00:32:35 +0200
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Merge git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot
Conflicts: include/asm-microblaze/microblaze_intc.h include/linux/stat.h
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@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as the
target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+Be aware that in some distributives (Fedora Core 5 at least)
+usage of nc has been changed and -l and -p options are considered
+as mutually exclusive. If nc complains about options provided,
+you can just remove the -p option from the script.
+
It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the